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Definition
- earth
- ground
- field
- place
- land
Other pronunciations
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Related words (548)
local; regional; district (not necessarily formal administrative unit); region; area; as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture level city or county level city)
domain; territory under one's control; foundation of a building; base of operations; crust of earth
the world's first seismograph invented by Zhang Heng 张衡 in 132; abbr. for 候風地動儀|候风地动仪
cooking oil that has been used and discarded (and, in China, sometimes illegally recovered from gutters and sewers, reprocessed and sold back to restaurants)
subway station; underground station; metro station; MRT station; metro stop; subway stop
enduring while the world lasts (idiom, from Laozi); eternal; for ever and ever (of friendship, hate etc); also written 天長地久|天长地久
geocentric latitude (i.e. angle between the equatorial plane and straight line from center of the earth)
geographic latitude (i.e. angle between the equatorial plane and the normal to the reference ellipsoid)
(in) the original place; the place where one currently is; place of origin; local (product)
in all parts of (a country); every region; various places; everywhere; every place; various regions
holy land (of a religion); sacred place; shrine; holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc); center of historic interest
cultivated land; in Chinese medicine, preparation from rhizome of Chinese foxglove (Rehmannia glutinosa)
to fall to the ground; to be set on the ground; to reach to the ground; to be born; (of a plane) to land
according to the location; everywhere; any place; from any location; from wherever you like
to worship heaven and earth; ritual kneeling by bride and groom in a old-fashioned wedding ceremony; also called 拜堂
sub-prefecture level city (county level division, administered by province, not under a prefecture)
the 12 earthly branches 子, 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers)
four great basin depressions of China, namely: Tarim 塔里木盆地 in south Xinjiang, Jungar 準葛爾盆地|准葛尔盆地 and Tsaidam or Qaidam 柴達木盆地|柴达木盆地 in north Xinjiang Sichuan 四川盆地
to open the sky and divide the earth; ref. to Pangu 盤古|盘古 in the Chinese creation myth
to be looking for one's teeth all over the floor; (fig.) to get beaten up badly; to beat the crap out of (sb)
(lit.) to fill the whole sky and cover the land; everywhere; as far as the eye can see
to place sb on field of death; to confront with mortal danger; to give sb no way out; with one's back to the wall; looking death in the eye; part of idiom 置之死地而後生|置之死地而后生
to blossom everywhere; to spring up all over the place; to flourish on a large scale
not to know the immensity of heaven and earth; an exaggerated opinion of one's own abilities
semi-feudal and semi-colonial (the official Marxist description of China in the late Qing and under the Guomindang)
place sb on a field of death and he will fight to live (idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法); to fight desperately when confronting mortal danger; (fig.) to find a way out of an impasse
a hero with no chance of using his might; to have no opportunity to display one's talents
Idioms (59)
favorable geographical and social conditions (idiom); good location and the people satisfied
failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly; a crushing defeat; beaten and in a hopeless position
(lit.) to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom); (fig.) to go to great lengths; to search heaven and earth
illustrious hero, spirit of the place (idiom); a place derives reflected glory from an illustrious son
hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive; (fig.) having an uncomfortable time
beaten and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly; a crushing defeat; failed and in a hopeless position
heaven falls and earth rends (idiom); rocked by a major disaster; (fig.) violent revolution; major social upheaval
(lit.) the sky shakes and the ground revolves; momentous changes are underway (idiom)
the sky spins, the earth goes round (idiom); giddy with one's head spinning; (fig.) huge changes in the world
(lit.) heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper; right and unalterable; a matter of course
sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion; everything turned on its head
(lit.) made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom); ideal; perfect; (of a match) made in heaven; to be made for one another
to execute on the spot (idiom); summary execution; to carry out the law on the spot
(lit.) arising suddenly above the level ground (idiom); sudden emergence of prominent new feature
(lit.) if thrown on the floor, it will make a sound (idiom); (fig.) (of one's words) powerful and resonating; to have substance
(lit.) dark sky and black earth (idiom); (fig.) pitch dark; to black out; disorderly; troubled times
ample scope for abilities; favorable position for the use of one's skills (idiom)
(lit.) to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom); (fig.) to confine oneself to a restricted range of activities
(lit.) to draw a line on the ground to keep within (idiom); (fig.) to impose restrictions on oneself
to become a Buddha on the spot (idiom); instant rehabilitation; to repent and be absolved of one's crimes
sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion; everything turned on its head
down to earth; to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground (idiom); realistic (without flights of fancy); to do solid work; steady and serious (character)
to spend one's time in drinking and pleasure (idiom); to indulge in sensual pleasures; life of debauchery
(lit.) hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom); fig. earth-shattering; omnipresent; of universal importance
(lit.) for one's face to reach rock bottom; to be thoroughly discredited (idiom)
the time is right, geographical and social conditions are favorable (idiom); a good time to go to war
towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom); great oaks from little acorns grow
(lit.) strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom); fig. a local gangster who is above the law
(lit.) 300 silver taels not hidden here (idiom); fig. to reveal what one intends to hide
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